The Berklee Global Jazz Institute is a diverse group of musicians from across the globe that encourage one another to wield one's own unique sonic vocabulary and, often, instruments that are unusual to the jazz genre.

Kobalt will provide a grant to fund Berklee’s Rethink Music initiative and a student-led study on new ideas for global music licensing. The partnership also includes an annual $10,000 scholarship for songwriting majors at Berklee.

Berklee College of Music has been named an official GRAMMY Museum university affiliate, giving Berklee access to GRAMMY Museum content for educational purposes, curriculum resources, research programs, internship opportunities, and more.